O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 47-4-23 (2019)

Exemption of members of the board from liability for their acts, omissions, and conduct; indemnification of members of the board

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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The members of the board, and each of them, shall be free from all liability, joint or several, for their acts, omissions, and conduct and for the acts, omissions, and conduct of their duly constituted agents in the administration of the retirement system and the fund. The state shall indemnify and save them, and each of them, harmless from the effects and consequences of their acts, omissions, and conduct in their official capacity, except to the extent that such effects and consequences shall result from their own willful misconduct.

History

(Ga. L. 1969, p. 998, § 16.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 60A Am. Jur. 2d, Pensions and Retirement Funds, § 1244.

C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, § 228 et seq.